McGuireWoods is a finalist in nine deal categories for the 2024 M&A Advisor Awards, which recognize top corporate transactions from the past year and the firms involved in closing them. Winners will be announced at the 2024 Future of Dealmaking Summit on Nov. 20.
The M&A Advisor recognized McGuireWoods for advising clients in the following deals:
- McGuireWoods advised Dominion Energy on a complex, cross-border $14 billion sale of three local gas distribution companies headquartered in three different states to Enbridge, North America’s largest natural gas utility by volume. The transaction is a finalist for M&A Deal of the Year (over $10 billion), Corporate/Strategic Deal of the Year (over $5 billion), Cross-Border Deal of the Year (over $1 billion), Energy Deal of the Year (over $75 million) and Utilities Deal of the Year.
- McGuireWoods’s private equity in education team handled the seller-side regulatory due diligence, including change in ownership and control requirements, for Heavy Equipment Colleges, a multi-campus private education and training business then owned by Evolution Capital, in its sale to private equity firm Argosy Capital. The transaction is a finalist for Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year (under $50 million) and Private Equity Deal of the Year ($10 million to $25 million).
- McGuireWoods handled the debt financing work for Coastal Administrative Group, an administrative services organization for radiology services created through a reorganization and recapitalization of several physician practices. The deal is a finalist for Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year ($50 million to $100 million) and Debt Financing of the Year (under $100 million).
“We are proud to be acknowledged for our work on some of the most complex and impactful transactions in the market,” said Richard Viola, deputy managing partner of McGuireWoods’ corporate practice. “This achievement reflects the dedication, innovation and collaborative spirit of our team and underscores our commitment to delivering exceptional results for our clients.”
McGuireWoods ranked among the leading law firms for advising clients in M&A transactions in 2023, again earning high ratings for U.S. M&A deals in year-end league tables published by the London Stock Exchange Group, Mergermarket and Bloomberg.